From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f96ca9a3c3a350c8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-23 12:00:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.vmunix.org!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news8-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3y5H8.575$4N.136487@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> Subject: Re: Grabbing Mindshare in the Student Population for Ada X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 20:00:07 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.5.140.234 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news8-gui.server.ntli.net 1022180427 80.5.140.234 (Thu, 23 May 2002 20:00:27 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 20:00:27 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24601 Date: 2002-05-23T20:00:07+01:00 List-Id: wrote in message news:FL9H8.99$1w4.27603166@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com... > Making the moons whirl around the live > image of the instructor's head would seem a nice challenge. ;) :) That reminds me of another exercise they set for us, landing a rocket on a pad, although I have no idea why mention of our instructors should remind of rockets :) Our lecturer, Quintin offered a crate of beer to the person who completed the landing in the fastest time over the whole module. That seemed to be a great motivator and stimulated alot of interest in programming. :D Chris